Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Crochet Waves

This is my latest work in progress. I adapted the pattern from The Big Book of Dishcloths. I added a second row of double crochet (UK) single crochet (US) in between the colour changes so it would stand out more. I love the colours in this piece, although the dark colour is chocolate brown, it looks almost black in the photo, and the darker blue is more of a slate blue and it looks a bit jacaranda blue here. I am going to make a cushion, but as usual I forged ahead without doing a sample and figured it would be the correct size after measuring the first couple of rows. Low and behold it is much smaller than I wanted it, but I am not undoing it. I am now trying to figure out creative ways of adding to it to make it the correct size. Failing that, I WILL find a cushion insert that will fit!!!!!

I am really loving crochet again. It is so quick easy and very portable. Great when ferrying a teenage daughter around! The only problem is I have to do it in air conditioned comfort as it is no fun sweating in 30 degree C (86F) heat and 70+ percent humidity and having the wool stick to your fingers, eeewww!!!!!!

I have also been working on another piece, but I can't reveal it yet as it is a present for someone, so stay tuned, in a couple of weeks I will post it.

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I live in the sub tropics so you will see photos of sunshine, swimming pools and palm trees. I'm not trying to make you jealous, honest, it's just how it is here in paradise.
In my spare time I would love to quilt if the stars align, I am organised, my mojo has decided to put in an appearance and I actually know what I want to make. I used to crochet too and at one time or another have tried my hand at jewellery making, scrap booking, embroidery, knitting and lots of other crafty things over the years. Unfortunately I have the attention span of a gnat and I tend to lose interest quickly, but I’m still enjoying quilting three years on. Eventually I would like to get back into crochet but I now also like English paper piecing which takes up the bulk of my spare time I used to keep for crocheting or anything else for that matter.
Things do not always go to plan at Chez Sunshine, so you will probably find some interesting reading, and a lot of colourful/bad language on epic fails of the crafty kind.
As always I’m aiming for better time management in the future (and a more consistent mojo!). Maybe 2013 might be the year when it all happens.